TABLE 1. Species of
Australophiotaenia
(Cestoda:
Proteocephalidea
), from reptiles in Australia, based on original descriptions and observations of the type material made by the present authors (marked by asterisk).

Species

A. amphiboluri
(Nybelin, 1917)
n. comb.

A. gallardi
(Johnston, 1911)
n. comb.

A. longmani
(Johnston, 1916)
n. comb.

A. mjobergi
(Nybelin, 1917)
n. comb.

A. striata
(Johnston, 1914)
n. comb.

Host

Pogona barbata

Pseudechis porphyriacusAspidites ramsayi

Demansia psammophis

Lialis burtonis

Squamata
:
Agamidae

Ophidia
:
Elapidae

Ophidia
:
Pythonidae

Ophidia
:
Elapidae

Squamata
:
Pygopodidae

Strobila length

no complete specimen

400 mm

more than 200 mm

150 mm

33 mm

Proglottid width

1220–1650*

1.7 mm

1 mm (2.2 mm)*

2 mm

1–1.5 mm

Scolex width

no scolex available

990–1605

650–800 (710–990*)

750–880*

330–465*

Sucker width

no scolex available

400–635

350–400 (270–395*)

325–430*

115–120*

Apical organ

no scolex available

40–50

Absent

absent

not visible

Neck width

no scolex available

415–705

700 (530–780*)

795-815*

385*

Testes – number

100–115

67–103

209–275 (242–253*)

200–300

64–83*

Testes – size

90–125 × 45–55*

65–110

40–65 × 35–50

75–80 × 45–55

30 (45–75 × 65–85*)

PC %

13–14%*

25–40%

30–39%*

25–28%*

13–17%*

PP %

62–73%*

35–54%

49–55%*

39–51%*

48–51%*

OV %

68–73%*

61–72%

58–67%*

53–64%*

63–74%*

OV ratio

6.8%

3.0–3.3%

2.3%

4.7%

1.5%

Mehlis’ gland %

4–5%

6–8%

8.3–9.3%

8–9%

8%

Vagina

anterior/posterior*

anterior/posterior*

anterior/posterior*

anterior/posterior*

anterior*

Vaginal sphincter

present

present

present

present

present*

diverticula [Uterine branches]

15-20 on each side

23–30 on each side*

41–42 on each side*

30–40 on each side

18–27 on each side*

Vitelline follicles aporal

90–98%

87–89%

89–94%

91–97%

88–91%

Vitelline follicles poral

88–96%

79–89%

88–97%

89–96%

84–93%

Embryophore

25

37–40

32–36*

30–34

27–30 collapsed*

Oncosphere

13–15

11–12

12–13*

12–14

13

Egg clusters

9–14*

no egg cluster

3–6*

6–9*

no egg cluster

SL

present*

present*

present*

present*

not visible

Uterine formation

1*

1*

1*

1*

1*

Abbreviations: OV = percentage of the width of the ovary versus the width of the proglottid; PC = percentage of the length of the cirrus-sac to the width of the proglottid; PP = position of the genital pore (cirrus pore) as the % of the proglottid length; SL = Supplementary layer of the eggs
The
syntypes
are of reasonably good quality, which enabled us to redescribe this species, which is probably specific to yellow-faced whip-snake and has never been found since its original description.
This
rare cestode differs from congeneric species found in reptiles from
Australia
by the following features: a high concentration of glandular cells within the apex of the scolex, numerous testes (200–300), a small ratio of the width of the ovary to the proglottid width (53–64%), and the number of eggs in each clusters (6–
9 eggs
; see
Table 1
).
Molecular data are not available for this cestode species.